Beneath the ideological bluster, Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is just the latest in a long line of African martial impostors ...

For well over a decade, jihadist violence has plagued the Sahel, a semi-arid belt stretching along the Sahara desert's ...

Since the rise of Boko Haram in Nigeria and the emergence of Islamist-Salafist groups in northern Mali in 2013, the Sahel has increasingly been caught in the ma ...

Moroccan authorities have arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel ...

Despite the challenges, Carmen and I were able to spend hours, and often days, with six people waging a battle — each in their own way — for the future of the Sahel. While interviewing one of ...

“Since they came to power by force, these military governments have systematically failed to hold people responsible for egregious human rights abuses to account and have now reached a new low ...

These moves marked the end of France's military presence in the Sahel region, after the expulsions from Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, all ruled by military juntas. Chadian President Mahamat Idriss ...

Show more For years now, an Islamist insurgency in the Sahel region has been claiming thousands of lives and displacing millions of people. There are fears that it is spreading to one of West ...

The Sahel Alliance (AES) launches a flag, passport, and military force, signaling a major push for regional autonomy.

How did France lose its influence in the Sahel in such a short space of time, after decades of dominance? And was the development really as surprising as people in the West perceived it to be?

SALE, Morocco — Moroccan authorities this month arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel, a region south of the Sahara Desert ...

Moroccan authorities have arrested a dozen people they said were planning attacks on behalf of the Islamic State in the Sahel SALE, Morocco -- Moroccan authorities this month arrested a dozen ...